Is it just me, or does anyone else feel like this is similar to the destruction of the library of Alexandria
I'm just saying, we are slowly losing past knowledge because we decided to destroy the last copies of ancient books.
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AI is not buying rare books in bulk, slicing off their spines, feeding their pages through scanners, or throwing them in the trash. AI does not have hands. The PEOPLE running AI companies are doing this. They’re buying these books and ordering them destroyed.
We did it, guys!
The proposal to develop a data centre in Kota Damansara has been withdrawn. This is a win for the residents & our environment, thanks to community organising & strong public support.
So if I purchase a DVD and digitize it, that’s copyright infringement. But if an AI company buys my book and scans it to train their system, that’s perfectly fine? Once again, corporations are allowed to play by their own rules. I’m so sick of the hypocrisy.
They say books won’t change the world. Tell that to every colonizer who burned them. To every enslaved person who was punished for reading. Literacy is resistance. Literacy is liberation. The library is a battlefield.
Predicting crimes before they happen??? Eliminating threats before they can become threats??? Motherfucker, that’s one of the CORE DEFINING TRAITS of Fascism!
if it wasn't already blatantly clear, physical media, community education, and oral history are SO. SO. SO. SO. SOSOSOSO. IMPORTANT!!!! to upkeep.
please buy and OWN your media.
PLEASE properly educate yourself and your community.
they WILL try to rewrite history!!!!!